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PUBLIC LAW 6 8 - J U N E 10, 1955

Schedule (1) by 2,080 in the case of hourly rate employees other than substitutes, and (2) by 2,016 in the case of substitute employees. R U R A L CARRIER SCHEDULE

SEC. 302. (a) There is established a basic salary schedule which shall be known as the Eural Carrier Schedule, and for which the symbol shall be "RCS", for carriers in the rural delivery service, which is based in part on fixed compensation per annum and in part on specified rates per mile per annum. Basic salary shall be paid to rural carriers in accordance with this schedule. RURAL CARRIER SCHEDULE Per annum rates and steps 1 Carriers in rural delivery service: Fixed compensation per Compensation per mile per annum for each mUe up to 30 miles of route For each mile of route over Temporary carriers in rural delivery service on routes to which no regular carrier is assigned: Fixed compensation per Compensation per mile per annum for each mile up For each mile of route over Temporary carriers in rural delivery service on routes having regular carriers absent without pay or on miliSubstitute carriers in rural delivery service on routes having carriers absent with pay..

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$1, 566.00 $1,611.00 $1,656.00 $1, 701.00 $1, 746. 00 $1, 791.00

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1 Basic compensation authorized for the regular carrier.

(b) A rural carrier serving one triweekly route shall be paid on the basis of a route one-half the length of the route served by him. A rural carrier serving two triweekly routes shall be paid on the basis of a route one-half the combined length of the two routes. (c) The Postmaster General may pay such additional compensation as he may determine to be fair and reasonable in each individual case to rural carriers serving heavily patronized routes not exceeding sixtyone miles in length. He may not pay additional compensation to a carrier serving such a route in an amount which would exceed $4,700, when added to the basic salary for the maximum step in the Rural Carrier Schedule for his route. In case any such heavily patronized route is extended in length, the rural carrier assigned to such route at the time of such extension shall not be reduced in pay. (d) The Postmaster General may pay additional compensation to rural carriers who are required to carry pouch mail to intermediate post offices, or for intersecting loop routes, in all cases where it appears that the carriage of such pouches increases the expense of the equipment required by the carrier or materially increases the amount of labor performed by him. Such compensation shall not exceed the sum of $12 per annum for each mile such carrier is required to carry such pouches.

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